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Red is the rose in yonder sporting garden above
Originally Posted Oct. 18th 2016 following the death of Anthony Foley two days beforehand “My father he gave me the love of it all, when he guided my arms to strike that first ball. A hurley, a football it’s the same thing to me. It’s playing the game that matters, you see”. Those couple of…
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Numbers don’t add up for reds as ‘Ha bounce straight back
CURRAHA…3-15 BALLINLOUGH…1-12 Most of the time, if something looks too good to be true in life, it generally is. For one side in this Balreask Bar, Restaurant And Guest Accommodation Meath JFC Final at Bolliden Tara Mines Park on Friday evening, that’s exactly how it turned out. But for the other, things went completely according…
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Podcast Episode: Oct. 16th 2026
Pip: Meath club football, horse racing tips, and enough GAA semi-finals to fill a weekend you weren't planning to lose — welcome to Boylan Talks Sport. Mara: Brendan has been covering the Meath intermediate and senior club football championships this week, plus a card at Naas. We'll work through the football first, then close out…
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Selections for Dundalk – Oct. 16th 2026
5.00: TYSON FURY (MEL SHERIDAN (7)/DENIS HOGAN) 5.30: PALMEIRA – EW – (COLIN KEANE/DENIS HOGAN) 6.00: HIP HOP CRISSY – EW – (PADDY HARNETT (3)/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 6.30: GO OUT – EW – (TERRY CASEY (7)/DANNY MURPHY ) 7.00: DERVO ANNIE – EW – (COLIN KEANE/CLARE O’CONNELL) 7.30: OCEANS BREATH (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 8.00: EASTERN PEACE…
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The most frustrating time of the GAA year
The Downs retained their Westmeath SFC title on Sunday last. A fine achievement for any team at any time, but, in the one seeing eye of this neutral observer it becomes even more significant when you factor the travails experienced by the mercurially talented Luke Loughlin both in terms of sporting injuries and the difficulties…
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Selections for Curragh – Oct. 15th 2026
1.02: KINDACAN – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 1.37: AMIATA – EW – (COLIN KEANE/GER LYONS) 2.12: CELESTIAL ORDER – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/NATALIA LUPINI) 2.47: SUIR MONAD (SAM COEN (5)/ANDY SLATTERY) 3.22: ALMAZAAN (CHRIS HAYES/DERMOT WELD) 3.57: ALFALFA – EW – (BILLY LEE/TIM DOYLE) 4.32: MARY SHOELACES – EW – (JESSICA O’GORMAN (4*)/E. +…
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Selections for Punchestown – Oct. 14th 2026
1.35: LUNAR STRIDE (KEVIN SEXTON/GAVIN CROMWELL) 2.10: APACHE PEAK – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 2.45: THE DOTSKI (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 3.20: ELUSIVE OGIE – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/EOIN MCCARTHY) 3.55: BUNTING (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.30: GORGEOUS TOM (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5,07: AUREA FORTUNA (FINNY MAGUIRE/TONY MARTIN) 5.40: FRISCO BELLE (JOHN GLEESON/HENRY DE…
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Selections for Punchestown – Oct. 13th 2026
1.35: DANNY POWER (MARK WALSH/JOHN QUEALLY) 2.10: CHANTILLY WINGS – EW – (CARL MILLAR (5)/CIAN COLLINS) 2.45: SAMUI (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.20: PILGRIMS WALK – EW – (CONOR CLARKE (7)/PHILIP ROTHWELL) 3 55: DOCTOR ELVIS (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.30: GRANLAHAN (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/ADO MCGUINNESS) 5.07: LEO MESSI – EW – (JAMES SMITH (3)/T0M GIBNEY) 5.40: SHUIL…
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Mrs Michelle Mitchell – A Tribute
Every writer will tell you, at some point there will be an assignment you don’t want to do. Dread doing. In fact, dread the thought of it even appearing on the horizon is recoiled from. To flesh out the point with a few less serious examples – in an overall sense – think of Sean…
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Selections for Roscommon – Oct. 12th 2026
1.30: A GOOD YARN – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN HOWARD) 2.00: CONTRARY TO LAW – EW – (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 2.30: BUTTERMERE RIDGE – EW – (DIEGO LIMA/OLIVER MCKERNAN) 3.00: CISTERNA – EW – (JIMMY DALTON (7)/ANDY SLATTERY) 3.30: BIG CYPRESS (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.00: MINELLA ROCKETT (REESE HOLOHAN (5)/JOHN NALLEN) 4.30: RAKKI –…
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Lorcan Byrnes through Kiltale as ten-star Doyle makes it lucky 13 for blues
KILMESSAN…0-22 KILTALE…0-15 When I was growing up and not properly attuned to all things GAA – even in Meath – it appeared that Kilmessan and Trim met every year in the SHC Final. And, at that particular point in time, Trim always seemed to win. Understandable too, given that at the time it was a…
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